Synonyms for clout
klaʊtclout

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1. cloutnoun

   a target used in archery

   Synonyms:
   pull, slug, clout nail, lick, biff, poke, punch

2. pull, cloutnoun

   special advantage or influence

   "the chairman's nephew has a lot of pull"

   Synonyms:
   pull, twist, slug, drag, poke, pulling, biff, lick, clout nail, puff, punch, wrench

3. clout nail, cloutnoun

   a short nail with a flat head; used to attach sheet metal to wood

   Synonyms:
   poke, slug, biff, pull, lick, clout nail, punch

4. punch, clout, poke, lick, biff, slugverb

   (boxing) a blow with the fist

   "I gave him a clout on his nose"

   Synonyms:
   jabbing, punch, type slug, pigeon berry, jab, garget, carrier bag, sack, thrust, bullet, salt lick, slug, dawdler, lick, poke, pull, paper bag, lagger, biff, clout nail, thrusting, sluggard, puncher, drone, trailer, lap, laggard, scoke, poking

5. cloutverb

   strike hard, especially with the fist

   "He clouted his attacker"

Matched Categories

1. • Advantage
   • Nail
   • Strike
   • Target

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1. List of paraphrases for "clout":

   influence, ibid, decision, weight

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1. Baron Patrick Maynard Stuart Blackett:

   It's tough watching a good idea lose because its backers are less eloquent or have less clout than its opponents.

2. Kelly Dittmar:

   It is an organization that has been around for a long time, in terms of institutional clout and power and influence, i think the organization itself has proven itself to be a very astute and strong political power, both in mobilizing women voters and young women voters and also in funding candidates.

3. Deshawn Yeldell:

   If people don’t respect you Enough to give you natural respect for your achievements without you begging for their support, truth is they don’t respect your talent they respect your clout therefore you will be begging for their respect and support forever, and then you are left to finesse people creating two broken sides of untruthfulness, let love come naturally and God shall bless thy gifts one has inherited in life..... A prophecy has spoken. -MillYentei

4. Bill Kristol:

   Conservatives in House could show clout by blocking this ill-advised 'fix' of Obamacare.

5. Prince Ali:

   How can this Task Force address change in any meaningful way within such a short timeline ? There can be no quick fix to issues that are clearly structural, any Task Force that really will have the clout to bring about such vital reform should be a totally independent body, not from within the governance structure of FIFA.